Why are gluten problems on the rise? Two main reasons: hybridization & deamination of gluten It is not that gluten is genetically modified (the process of inserting or deleting genes). The hybridization (combining different strains of wheat together to create a new protein) is believed to be the culprit of a new type of wheat that is rather immunoreactive to brain and the nervous system tissue.1-3 Gluten is often added to foods for flavoring or thickening/texturizing of foods